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Title: Annual Reports of the Scottish Board of Health 1919-1928 - Vols. 1-10 Complete Bound Uniformly.
Description: HMSO, 0. Hardcover. The first 10 volumes of the Scottish Board of Health from 1919-1928 uniformly bound in green cloth with gilt titling on spines. Detailed coverage of infectious diseases (Influenza, Tuberculosis, Venereal disease, Smallpox, Encephalitis lethargica, sanitary administration; Maternity and Child Welfare, Nursing, School health administration, Highlands and Islands Medical Service Fund, Welfare of the Blind, Inspection and supervision of Food, Housing and Town Planning, National Health Insurance, Poor Law, Local Government, Old Age Pensions and etc. Much detail - for example: Smallpox outbreak in Glasgow in 1920, Anthrax caught from Japanese shaving brushes,Age incidence of Rheumatism ( Rheumatoid Arthritis). There is much focus ion the surge of venereal disease after WWI and the new disease Encephalitis Lethargica. Little information about the tale end of the 1917 flu epidemic but mention of anti-influenza vaccines. Distress in the Outer Hebrides - unemployment, failed potato crop and herring fishery; drinking of methylated spirit; infectious disease notifications; stranding of Whales in the Dornoch Firth - public health issues; Lochaber Water Power Scheme- health of the workers; ultra violet irradiation for Pulmonary TB and etc. The set are in VG condition - however several volumes have missing fep's and there is deterioration in the cloth along the top edge of the 1927 and 1924 volumes. See scans and email for more. Heavy - will require extra postage at cost. . Very Good

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